Improved



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVED APPLE CORING AND SLICINCiV MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,457, dated December 28, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES B. WRIGHT, of West Meriden. in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Coring and Slicing Apples; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction an arrangement of an apple corer and sliccr or quarterer, which combines cheapness and simplicity of construction, and is not as liable to get out of order as most, if not all, the more expensive machines are.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which represents a perspective view of my machine.

A represents a board or slat of suitable dimensions, which forms the bed ofthe machine, and is at one end,'on its under side, provided with a cleat, B. The bed-piece Ais laid upon a board or table, and the cleat B brings up against the edge of the table-leaf. Then by turning the screw C at the opposite end the machine is held firmly in its place.

On the upper side of the bed A are three standards, D and E E. The standard D is higher than the other twoand provided with a circular opening of suitable diameter. Upon the side of the standard D facing the other standards is secured a circular cast-iron plate,

G, which entirely covers the opening in the standard. It is secured by means ot' screws passing through ears a a, projecting from said plate. The plate G is provided with any'desired number of concentric slots converging from the periphery toward the center of the plate, through which slots the knives pass in cutting the apple into parts. Upon the opposite side of the standard D is secured a bar, H, which has upon it a nipple, I, projecting horizontally toward the center ofthe plate G, its outer end being about on a line with the front surface of said plate. At the outer end of the nipple I is secured the spindle b, upon which the apple isplaced prior to being cut.

The nipple serves the double purpose of holding the spindle and pushing the core of the apple into the tube upon which the slicingknives are placed, as will be presently described.

The hollow shaft or tube J, which passes through holes in the standards E E, is constructed from one piece of tin, cut in such shape that when the shaft is formed a flange,

d, of two thicknesses of tin is formed at the same time, of an exact and certain length, leaving the two ends ot' the shaft round, without anyange. Thisiianged,whichrunsin grooves made for that purpose in the standards E, serves as a guide to keep the shat't from revolvin g or turning in the slightest degree. The ends of the shaft J are left round, without any ange, for the purpose of slipping on the ferrnle K upon the outer end and admitting the conical head-piece L, to which the cutters e e are fastened,to slide on the other end and butt up against the end of theflange d,which holds it from pressing back when the apple is cutting. The ferrule K on the outer end butts up against the outer end of the ange and prevents the ferrule from sliding forward. The conical head-piece L, to which the cutters e e are principally fastened, is made and slipped onto the main shaft. This piece is conical for two purposes: First, to ease the passage of the shaft and the cutters through the apple. As fast as the corer andthe knives enter into the apple all friction is immediately taken o from the end of the corer, and the quarters are liberated from suction to the knives as fast as they run up the conical head-piece. Secondly, it throws the quarters out of the knives; otherwise they vwould remain in the knives until the next apple pushed them along. -The cutters or knives e e may be cast with or secured to the conical head L, and should be ofthe same number as the slots in the plate G.

A circular knife, f, is inserted into the end of the shaft J about one inch in length for the purpose of taking out a core smaller than the main tube, so that when the core passes into the main shaft about one inch it is loose and ,passes easily through. This coring-knife f can sprnngjust enter the knife.` Then with one plunge of the tube the apple falls into equal pieces and the core enters the tube, and so on, the cores tbllowing each other and discharging at theouterend of the tube. In this way apples may be cut for drying or pies with great rapidity.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iS

l. The slotted plate G, in combination with the head-piece L, so arranged that the knives e c will pass through the slots, for the purpose set forth.

- 2. The combination of bar H, provided wit-l1 nipple I, with slotted plate G, and head-piece L, and tube J, all constructed and arranged to operate as described.

3. The combination and arrangement of the hollow shaft or tube J, provided with flanged and moving in the standards E E,cireularknit'e f, conical head-piece L, with cutters e e,ferrule K, bar h, slotted plateG, and knob m, all oonstructed as deseribed,and arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I at'x lny signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES B. WRlGHT. Witnesses:

GEO. W. SMrru, C. P. CoL'r. 

